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Vernier LabPro User Manual

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Revision Date: 08/02/02

LabPro Technical Manual

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Appendix B: Beeps, Lights and Errors

Beep and Light Sequences

LabPro makes use of three LED indicators and four kinds of sounds:

A red LED (error indicator).

An amber LED (warning indicator).

A green LED (ready indicator).

A low tone followed by a high tone (low-to-high beep).

A medium tone followed by another medium tone (medium-medium beep).

A high tone followed by another high tone (high-high beep).

A “tick” sound when a key is pressed.

The following bullets explain when beep and light sequences normally occur and what the sequences
mean.

When LabPro completes initialization, you will hear the startup sequence: high-high beep,
medium-medium beep, low-to-high beep (6 total beeps, plus LEDs light up in this order: red LED,
yellow LED, and green LED)

When you press the QUICK SETUP button:

the medium-medium beep sounds if an Auto-ID sensor is attached to LabPro.

the high-high beep sounds if no Auto-ID sensors are attached to LabPro.

When LabPro is connected to a calculator during sampling commands:

the medium-medium beep sounds when initializing data collection.

the medium-medium beep sounds when starting data collection (transition from pre-store to
store).

the medium-medium beep sounds when completing data collection.

Note 1: If the sampling timing causes the beeps to run together, LabPro software may not sound all the
beeps.
Note 2: You will not get all the beeps when Fast Sampling is enabled.
Note 3: You will not get all the beeps when using triggering.

Hold the Start/Stop button for 5 seconds (firmware version 6.022 or newer only) to reset the
LabPro.

When you set LabPro for manual trigger and press the START button, a medium-medium beep
sounds.

When you press the TRANSFER BUTTON:

the low-to-high beep sounds when the transfer succeeds.

the high-high beep sounds if the transfer fails for any reason.

When an overcurrent condition is detected, five high-high beeps sound. (This causes an error,
which causes even more beeps to sound.)

When LabPro begins a full self-test, three low-to-high beeps sound.

When self-test completes:

the low-to-high beep sounds if self-test passes.

the high-high beep sounds if self-test fails.

When LabPro’s base code detects an error in the commands sent from the host, a high-high beep
sounds twice (4 high pitch beeps in a row.)

When LabPro powers up:

two high-high beeps sound if the base code is not loaded.

three high-high beeps sound if the power-up self-test fails.